Police chased and arrested five New York men for robbery and related charges at the East Stroudsburg Radio Shack in Pocono Plaza last night.

According to police, the Stroud Area Regional Police arrived at the store shortly after 7:36 p.m. for a robbery in progress.

When police arrived they saw, from the front of the store, an employee with a red shirt exit the back room, immediately followed by an individual in a black sweatshirt wearing a black face mask.

The suspect immediately turned and fled back through the back room despite police orders to get on the ground. The officers ran through the store into the back room where they found a female employee, lying face down on the floor. She told police the suspects went out the back door of the store into the rear lot.

Officers exited the rear of the store and saw a dark colored four-door sedan traveling in reverse at a high rate of speed. Another assisting patrol unit with emergency lights on followed the suspect vehicle.

The vehicle eventually stopped and was blocked in by other responding police vehicles. The suspects were ordered to put their hands up and removed at gunpoint.

The five suspects are: John Carter, 26, of New York, N.Y.; Vincent Webb, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Earlette Pittman, 19, Xavier Webb, 24 and Kevin Hodge, 25, all of Binghamton, N.Y.

All five suspects were charged with robbery and related charges. The suspects at the time of the robbery attempted to flee with an undisclosed amount of cash and multiple items of Apple merchandise including phones and i-Pads. A single automatic pistol was recovered that was used by one of the suspects during the Robbery.

The investigation included assistance from the Pennsylvania state police Forensic Unit, East Stroudsburg University Police Department, as well as the East Stroudsburg Fire Department.